Synthesizing the best of international knowledge on techniques for assessing material properties and structural properties, this book provides the latest information on non-destructive techniques for assessment of concrete structures. more...

This book provides answers to the following problems: how to identify the most probable critical failures; how to describe and use data-concerning materials that are either heterogeneous, time-variant, or space-variant; how to quantify the reliability and lifetime of a system; how to use feedback information to actualize reliability results; and how... more...